And the whirl whirl whirl of the tornado

Yesterday was a wild day of weather in Colorado, from winter storm warnings and blowing snow advisories in the mountains, to severe thunderstorms and a massive tornado in the northeast. Nearly every part of Jon's family was impacted by the tornado in some way. His mom was driving home from a mini-vacation in SE Colorado and got caught in some snow, but not too bad. Her dogs were kennelled at the vet's office, where the tornado came within a mile of hitting. The tornado was about a mile wide, so being a mile away is not so far. The veterinarians actually watched it go by. Anyway, the dogs are fine. Carol's house was hit with some wind, but nothing too bad. Jon has a great aunt and some second cousins who were in the towns where the tornado actually hit, but aside from lack of power, they are safe and fine. Another tornado hit Laramie, Wyoming, where his sister lives, and again, aside from no power, she is fine. His brother is an engineer on the Union Pacific and the weather was so bad he had to stop the train he was driving. But that's about it. So lots of people were affected by the storms, but no one was hurt. Good thing.

Jon has begun the process of selling his motorcycle. He loves his motorcycle, but it is the right thing to do with a baby on the way. Seems pretty silly to have a car payment outstanding on a dangerous vehicle. We posted an ad in the Denver Post a month or so ago, but got very little response. He parked the motorcycle outside his shop with a For Sale sign two days ago and got eight calls! Hopefully he'll sell it soon.

I took Sophie to a new groomer yesterday and she finally looks like herself again! Cute and symmetrical.

No big plans for the holiday weekend except driving down to Colorado Springs to procure a lot of baby items from my husband's high school friend. She is very generously giving us all her daughter's old stuff. I'm pretty excited.